Christopher Pratt
Senior Software Engineer at Toolstation
Mid Devon, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolChristopher Pratt is a Senior Software Engineer with eight years of hands-on experience building web applications, APIs, and server-side systems across retail and agency environments. He has progressed from running his own web design business to leading API and Laravel package work, mentoring peers, and improving team processes at companies like Toolstation and T Shirt & Sons. Comfortable across PHP, HTML/CSS, JavaScript and server administration, he focuses on pragmatic solutions that translate manual workflows into intuitive electronic interfaces. Christopher also drives developer productivity—introducing Jira and code review practices—and invests time researching new technologies to keep stacks maintainable and future-ready. Based in Mid Devon, he pairs a formal Web Application Development degree with a practical track record of shipping reliable, user-focused systems.
7 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Extended Diploma in IT (Software Development), D*D*D*, Extended Diploma in IT (Software Development), D*D*D* at City College PlymouthBachelor’s Degree, Web Application Development, 2.1, Bachelor’s Degree, Web Application Development, 2.1 at University of Plymouth
English
Github Skills (80)
vtiger10
css-transitions9
php-api9
xero9
webservice9
xero-api9
api8
laravel8
php-library8
datetime7
abstraction7
menu7
dialog7
hamburger-menu7
discord7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
Exe-Squared/Vtiger
Jun 2018 - Sep 2020
Use the Vtiger webservice API from within Laravel
Contributions:11 releases, 21 commits, 10 PRs in 2 years 3 months
apiwebservicephpvtigerlaravel
Exe-Squared/laravel-jwt
Feb 2020 - Sep 2020
Auth guard and middleware for jwt refesh in a concurrency use case, e.g. single page web applications.
Contributions:2 releases, 6 pushes, 2 tags in 6 months
single-web-pageweb-applicationsauthorizationconcurrencyauthentication
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